Improvement in hame-fasteners



D. FREE. Hame-Fastener.

No. 207.729. Patented Sept. 3.1878.

INVENTOR. @MJ (2 45 ATTORNEYS I l i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL FREE, OF EMIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAM E-FASTENERS.

Specification forming part oi Letters Patent No- 207,729, dated September 3, 1878; application tiled July 27, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL FREE, of Emigsville, in the county of York and State of Penns 'l\'nnitt, have invented a new and valuable improvement in IIame-Iaasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being, had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 oi thedrawings isarepresentation ot'a. vert icnl section oimyhame-fastener. Fig. 2 is avertieal sectional detail of the same; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are perspective details.

The nature at my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a heme-fastener, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, t'ully illustrate my invention.

A and 13 represent two castings to be fastcued to the ends of the hames, both being formed with npwnrdly-projecting straps and llanges to form sockets, in which the ends of the luuncs will rest and be fastened by screws or other similar means.

The inner end at the casting A is bifurcated, as shown at (1 in Fig. 1, and in the same is pivoted an arm, U, the outer end of which is formed with the notch 11.

The existing ii is formed with a slot or passage, 0, extending from the inner end at an angle through the back, as shown inllyin l ig. l,said passage being ol' such size as to receive the end at the arm (J.

At right angles to the slot or passage 0, and partly below the same, is another slot, c,which contains a latch, 1), said latch being in its upper surl'ncc formed with a notch, (I, of substantially the form shown in Fig. 4.

The inner end of the latch I) is provided with a screw-tenon, h, surrounded by a spiral spring,i and this tenon passes through the inner si e of the casting and has a nut, j, screwed thereon. The outer end of the hitch D projects into a sort of cap or box, 1*, formed on the outside of the casting B, as shown.

The normal position of the latch 1) is such that the arm 0 will be held thereon in its notch. By pressingin out-he outer end of the latch the notch (Z thereon will clear the arm U, and said arm can be drawn out. to open the hames. The springi at once returns the latch to its former position.

To close the homes it is only necessary to insert the end of the arm 0 in the passage 0, and then press together on the ends of the homes, when the arm, passing into the end ot' the notch d, one side of which is inclined, will press the latch inward until the notch b passes the same, when the latch springs forward and locks the arm.

What I eiaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a heme-fastener, the bifurcated casting A a and pivoted curved arm 0 b, in combination with the casting B 1*, having the slots 0 a at right angles to each other, and the latch 1) d 1:, spring 1', and nut f, constructed and operating substantiallw as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL FREE.

Witnesses:

Jno. N. MELZILL, D. BnAvnnsoN. 

